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> I suspect the US is way down in the list of possible emigration routes. That's absolutely incorrect. The US is literally the number one destination of intern
by cato_the_elder 4y ago
> I suspect the US is way down in the list of possible emigration routes.
That's absolutely incorrect. The US is literally the number one destination of international migrants. [1]
[1]: https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/top-25-destinations-international-migrants https://www.migrationpolicy.org/programs/data-hub/charts/top...
- twelve40 4y agoThe parent is describing a specific situation for a specific country for a specific - very narrow - subset of population in comparison with e.g. the process in Germany. What does a global list of worldwide preferences have anything to do with it? Adding "absolutely incorrect" and "literally" doesn't make this random factoid any more relevant.
- cato_the_elder 4y agoUnfortunately, I don't have the stats, but I'm pretty sure the US is one of the top destinations for scientists and engineers too. And for the Russian part, as @ajross pointed out, the article is literally about making the process easier for them. Also, my comment is clearly not a "random factoid". You can even see that Germany is the second one in the list (kinda to @yeputons's credit). Finally, I don't appreciate the language policing. We can talk like normal human beings on HN, and save the corpo-speak for our day jobs.